Lucas Resende Salgado, MD, MPA

Lucas Resende Salgado, MD MPA is a radiation oncologist in the Department of Radiation Oncology at ProHEALTH-Mount Sinai Queens. Dr. Salgado's clinical practice is focused on the personalized treatment of tumors of the central nervous system, genitourinary system, lung, head and neck and sarcomas.  He is interested in health care administration and has published extensively in various radiation therapy related topics from care accessibility to proton beam therapy

Dr. Resende Salgado graduated Summa Cum Laude from CUNY Hunter College where he was salutatorian with a BA in Chemistry, and received his medical degree from the New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine.  He received his Master’s of Public Administration focusing in healthcare administration from the prestigious New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He completed medicine internship at Lenox Hill Hospital in the Upper East Side, and radiation oncology residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He served as chief resident in the period 2019-2020. He is fluent in English, Portuguese, Italian and Spanish.